Vehicle strikes child in Rib Mountain; teen driver cited

2:10 AM,
Nov. 16, 2012

Written by

Shereen Skola
Wausau Daily Herald

Police have arrested a 16-year-old driver who fled the scene Thursday after striking a 7-year-old girl outside an elementary school.

Marathon County Sheriff's Lt. Randy Albert said the child was struck at about 3:45 p.m. near Rib Mountain Elementary School as a group of children was being led through the intersection of Robin Lane and Hummingbird Lane by a crossing guard. The girl fell into several other children, knocking them to the ground, but no other children were struck by the vehicle, Albert said.

Witnesses at the scene were able to give investigators partial license plate ...